Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gang war erupts in Rohingya refugee camps, at least eight killed, thousands flee
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A turf war raging between criminal armed groups in Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh has forced thousands of people to flee and at least eight have been kill...
Oct 08, 2020
Norway’s King Harald to undergo heart surgery
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald will undergo surgery this week to replace a heart valve, the royal palace said in a statement on Thursday. The 83-year-old monarch, who does not have formal polit...
Oct 08, 2020
Italy close to buying five million COVID-19 rapid tests: PM
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is finalising a tender to buy 5 million COVID-19 rapid antigenic tests, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday, as the country seeks to make testing for citizens easier ...
Oct 08, 2020
BMW says Brexit could cost auto industry 10-11 billion euros
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW Chief Financial Officer Nicolas Peter on Thursday said Britain's separation from the European Union could cost carmakers and suppliers up to 11 billion euros unless cross-bor...
Oct 08, 2020
Iran reports record high 4,392 new coronavirus cases: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has registered a record high 4,392 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 488,236, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday. Ministry spokeswoman Sima S...
Oct 08, 2020
Japan fishermen oppose ‘catastrophic’ release of Fukushima water to ocean
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged the government not to allow the release at sea of tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, saying it wo...
Oct 08, 2020
Mastercard backs card issuing start-up Marqeta
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Mastercard Inc has made a strategic investment in fintech firm Marqeta Inc and extended an existing partnership with the card issuing start-up, the companies said on ...
Oct 08, 2020
American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish A...
Oct 08, 2020
Paytm targets a million apps on its mini app store to take on Google
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm is aiming for a million apps on its "mini app store" by the first quarter of 2021, it said on Thurs...
Oct 08, 2020
Stimulus hopes lift futures ahead of weekly jobless claims data
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose for a second straight day on Thursday as bets of a piecemeal fiscal stimulus deal lifted sentiment ahead of data on weekly jobless cla...
Oct 08, 2020
